Working at the Y, you have the opportunity to strengthen communities and change lives, including your own. No matter what role you take on at the Y, you’ll show up each day with the satisfaction of knowing your contributions are helping to empower young people, improve health and well-being, and inspire action in your community. Working side by side with diverse leaders with different backgrounds, perspectives, and strengths, you’ll discover new ways to connect with your community, find your purpose, and fuel your passion every day!

The Y Child Development Program provides children with a wide variety of academic enrichment activities to help children make new friends, do better in school, enjoy more physical activity, develop new skills, and live with caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Teachers support a child's cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development by implementing Frogstreet Curriculum, Conscious Discipline, Handwriting Without Tears, play, physical activity, nutrition education, STEM, art & music, character development, and social-emotional learning. Every day, teachers provide a welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment for all children.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and ensure the safety of participants, families, and volunteers.
• Plan, organize, supervise and facilitate age appropriate curriculum based experiences.
• Inform, involve, and engage families with participants' activities.
• Keep equipment, and areas safe, clean, and organized.

Qualifications:

• Must be 18 or older.
• Must be able to engage others in conversations and make all people feel welcome.
• Must be able to respond calmly and quickly to safety and emergency situations.
• Must have good interpersonal and communications skills and be sensitive, adaptable, and professional when interacting with others.
• Vaccines are required of all employees who conduct business in a St. Luke’s Health System location due to St. Luke’s Health System’s Immunization Policy. (Please see How to Apply for more details).

Schedule:
This is a full-time position at 40 hours per week. Schedule will fall within regular operating hours of 6:00am-6:00pm.

Working at the Y:
Treasure Valley Family YMCA provides a progressive work environment with great benefits for qualifying full-time employees. Benefits include:

• 12% employer-funded retirement plan after two years of service with immediate vesting and ability to make additional contributions to retirement benefits through 403(b) savings plan
• High quality and affordable benefits including health (75% employer paid for family) and dental insurance (50% employer-paid for family)
• Free use of YMCA facilities for immediate family
• Generous paid-time off package, earning at the rate of 24 paid days off per year to start

Welcoming and Inclusion:
At the Y, we welcome everyone whose behavior adheres to our core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. We advance our cause by building a stronger and more equitable community where everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, thrive, and reach their full potential with dignity. The Y is a force for building bridges among all people–regardless of ability, age, birthplace, cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender identity, ideology, income, race, or sexual orientation. The Y is for all.

How to Apply:
External candidates must complete an online application. If you have any questions regarding the position please visit our website at www.ymcatvidaho.org or contact jobs@ymcatvidaho.org. All current YMCA staff must apply through their UKG (Kronos) account, and updated resume and cover letter is recommended. Previous YMCA staff may email their updated resume and cover letter to jobs@ymcatvidaho.org with the name of the job they are applying for in the subject line or apply through their existing UKG (Kronos) account.

Luke’s Health System has an Immunization Policy for its employees to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. In order to further reduce the risk of disease transmission, Treasure Valley Family YMCA employees who conduct business in a St. Luke’s facility are also mandated to follow an Immunization Policy that complies with St. Luke’s Health System’s requirements.

As a partner of St. Luke’s Health System, the Treasure Valley YMCA agrees to at all times comply with the policies, procedures, laws, standards, bylaws, and rules and regulations pertaining to the reduction of disease prevention. The foregoing shall include, but not be limited to, vaccine and masking requirements imposed by St. Luke’s Health System.

Note: Religious and medical exemptions are available